{"product_id":"2940169238501","title":"The Sparsholt Affair","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the winner of the Man Booker Prize, a masterly novel that spans seven transformative decades as it plumbs the complex relationships of a remarkable family; an immediate best seller upon its publication in England, hailed by the Observer as ¿perhaps Hollinghurst¿s most beautiful novel yet.¿  \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn 1940, David Sparsholt arrives at Oxford, his sights set on joining the Royal Air Force. Handsome, athletic, charismatic, he is unaware of his powerful effect on othersamp;mdash;especially on Evert Dax, the lonely and romantic son of a celebrated novelist who is destined to become a writer himself. With the world at war, and the Blitz raging in London, Oxford exists at a strange remove: a place of quiet study, but also of secret liaisons under the cover of blackouts. A friendship develops between David and Evert that will influence their lives for decades to come.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHollinghurst¿s astonishing new novel evokes across three generations the intimate relationships of a group of friends brought together by art, literature and love.  We witness shifts in taste and morality through a series of vividly rendered episodes: a Sparsholt holiday in Cornwall; eccentric gatherings at the Dax family home; the adventures of David¿s son Johnny, a painter in 1970s London. With tenderness, wit and keen insight, \u003ci\u003eThe Sparsholt Affair\u003c\/i\u003e explores the social and sexual revolutions of the past century, even as it takes us straight to the heart of our current age.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRichly observed, emotionally charged, this is a dazzling novel of fathers and sons; of family and legacy; and of the longing for permanence amid life's inevitable transience, by the writer acclaimed in \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e as \"one of the best novelists at work today.\"\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin Random House","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47101807395056,"sku":"2940169238501","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940169238501_p0.jpg?v=1763769248","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940169238501","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}